Holden Caulfield begins his story at Pencey Prep, an exclusive private school in Agerstown, Pensilvania. On the Saturday afternoon Holden's manager of the fencing team, he loses their equipment on a New York City subway train, resulting in the cancellation of a match. Holden has been expelled and is not to return after Christmas break, which begins the following Wednesday. Holden doesn't want to return home until that Wednesday because he didn't want to tell his parents that he'd been expelled from yet another school. So Holden gets all the money he owns and strolls the streets of New York going from hotel to hotel until the Wednesday comes.
About the author
Jerome David Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.
Salinger was raised in Manhattan and began writing short stories while in secondary school. Several were published in Story magazine in the early 1940s before he began serving in World War 2. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his later work. In 1951, his novel The Catcher in the Rye was an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel remains widely read and controversial, selling around 250,000 copies a year.
Character list: Holden Caulfield Phoebe Caulfield Allie Caulfield Mr. Antolini Ward Stradlater Robert Ackley Sally Hayes Mr. Spencer Jane Gallagher D.B Caulfield
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The smell of blood, sweat and tears fill the town. The cold air
rushes through my body as though ice has been laid inside of me.
10:10 the clock reads, the drums get louder, the cheers are thundering
through the streets, as I see the horse and carriage galloping through
the streets. *SLICE*! Everyone chants, except me of course.
The cloudy/muggy weather and the smoke make it difficult for me to breathe.
I am numbing the more I am here, watching people getting their heads sliced off.
*SLICE*! I am getting pushed back and forth, left to right. *SLICE*! The bodies
of everyone are pushed up against mine. *SLICE*! The wind is howling,
I can taste the raw flesh of the freshly chopped heads. *SLICE*! I feel
nauseous. *SLICE*! I can’t do this anymore. *SLICE*! Everything is hazy;
the noises are becoming blurs in the background. *SLICE*! I want to run away,
but I know that if I do, the executers will find me,
catch me, *SLICE*! And they’ll be holding my head next. *SLICE*!
I hear a bang. Like someone has fallen. I realize what has happened, who has fallen.
I want to rush over to them and help them. But I can’t, and I know why.
30 seconds later, I wake up…
5 interview questions- Holden Caulfield
1.) Why didn't you go home straight away when you got expelled?
2.) Why did Stradler beat you up?
3.) How come you decided to come home before you were planning to?
4.) Why don't you get the brain tumor taken out?
5.) How come you don't do well in school? Don't you apply yourself?
5 Facts
1.)
2.) The Catcher in the Rye was banned from many schools across the country because at one point, Holden encounters on a sexual adventure with a prostitute.
3.) Time magazine lists the book as one of the 100 best English novels ever written since 1923.
4.)
5.)
Synopsis:
Holden Caulfield begins his story at Pencey Prep, an exclusive private school in Agerstown, Pensilvania. On the Saturday afternoon Holden's manager of the fencing team, he loses their equipment on a New York City subway train, resulting in the cancellation of a match. Holden has been expelled and is not to return after Christmas break, which begins the following Wednesday. Holden doesn't want to return home until that Wednesday because he didn't want to tell his parents that he'd been expelled from yet another school. So Holden gets all the money he owns and strolls the streets of New York going from hotel to hotel until the Wednesday comes.
About the author
Jerome David Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.Salinger was raised in Manhattan and began writing short stories while in secondary school. Several were published in Story magazine in the early 1940s before he began serving in World War 2. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his later work. In 1951, his novel The Catcher in the Rye was an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel remains widely read and controversial, selling around 250,000 copies a year.
Character list:
Holden Caulfield
Phoebe Caulfield
Allie Caulfield
Mr. Antolini
Ward Stradlater
Robert Ackley
Sally Hayes
Mr. Spencer
Jane Gallagher
D.B Caulfield
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The smell of blood, sweat and tears fill the town. The cold air
rushes through my body as though ice has been laid inside of me.
10:10 the clock reads, the drums get louder, the cheers are thundering
through the streets, as I see the horse and carriage galloping through
the streets. *SLICE*! Everyone chants, except me of course.
The cloudy/muggy weather and the smoke make it difficult for me to breathe.
I am numbing the more I am here, watching people getting their heads sliced off.
*SLICE*! I am getting pushed back and forth, left to right. *SLICE*! The bodies
of everyone are pushed up against mine. *SLICE*! The wind is howling,
I can taste the raw flesh of the freshly chopped heads. *SLICE*! I feel
nauseous. *SLICE*! I can’t do this anymore. *SLICE*! Everything is hazy;
the noises are becoming blurs in the background. *SLICE*! I want to run away,
but I know that if I do, the executers will find me,
catch me, *SLICE*! And they’ll be holding my head next. *SLICE*!
I hear a bang. Like someone has fallen. I realize what has happened, who has fallen.
I want to rush over to them and help them. But I can’t, and I know why.
30 seconds later, I wake up…
5 interview questions- Holden Caulfield
1.) Why didn't you go home straight away when you got expelled?
2.) Why did Stradler beat you up?
3.) How come you decided to come home before you were planning to?
4.) Why don't you get the brain tumor taken out?
5.) How come you don't do well in school? Don't you apply yourself?
5 Facts
1.)
2.) The Catcher in the Rye was banned from many schools across the country because at one point, Holden encounters on a sexual adventure with a prostitute.
3.) Time magazine lists the book as one of the 100 best English novels ever written since 1923.
4.)
5.)